Time, Fortuna and Policy – or How to understand European Integration?

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  • André Gerrits

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https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.7132

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European Intergration

Abstract

Middelaar, Luuk van, De passage naar Europa. Geschiedenis van een begin (Dissertatie Universiteit van Amsterdam 2009; Groningen: Historische Uitgeverij, 2009, 531 blz., ISBN 978 90 6554 236 6).

 

De passage naar Europa [The Passage to Europe] is an interesting book – creative, original and readable, but for a doctoral dissertation it is also remarkably devoid of theory. Van Middelaar introduces various interesting notions and ideas (European ‘discourses’, ‘policy spheres’ and ‘zones of interactions’), but these remain ambiguous, and therefore rather noncommittal. The book stands out for its interpretative richness, its analytical sensitivity and its imaginative prose. It lacks an overall theoretical framework, however. It fails to link up with the wider academic debate on European integration.

 

This review is part of the discussion forum 'De passage naar Europa. Geschiedenis van een begin' (Luuk van Middelaar).

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Published

2010-01-01

How to Cite

Gerrits, A. (2010). Time, Fortuna and Policy – or How to understand European Integration?. BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 125(4), 67–73. https://doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.7132

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